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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tetu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Mwangi",
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    "content": "contribution, I hope to give the Member for Kibwezi, who brought this Motion, some idea on how to actualise this Motion into a Bill that then can become a law in this country. But before I say that, let me admit that security is first on the job description of village elders. They play a very important role in ensuring security of the community. Secondly, they also play a very big role in reconciliation. Today, spouses who disagree go to village elders even before they go to the chief. If a man is chased away by his wife, he reports to the village elder. Even when the opposite happens, they tend to report to village elders. If you look at the country right now, it is facing quite some bit of famine and drought. People who can aid in things like food distribution, identifying needy families, knowing where government help should go without corruption and misuse are the village elders. When it comes to things like bursary allocation, which sometimes as Members of Parliament we struggle with to identify and get to know the most deserving cases, again the village elders play a big role."
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